Dove
SCDNR will have 50 public dove fields ready for opener
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources will have 50 dove fields available for public hunting during the 2014-15 season, the agency has announced. […]
Statewide NC
General
Old tech to the rescue
My town doesn’t allow people to talk on a hand-held cell phone while driving, but hands-free talking is OK so I keep our phones paired through Bluetooth to our two vehicles. […]
Featured
Hometown hero Gagliardi wins FLW championship on Lake Murray
Finally, it was Anthony Gagliardi’s turn on Sunday. The bass pro from Prosperity, fishing on his home waters of Lake Murray, won the FLW’s Forrest Wood Cup and its $500,000 first-prize money by a single ounce. […]
Featured
Yadkin County hunter-ed team wins junior-division national championship
The Yadkin Patriots from Forbush Middle School in Yadkin County took top honors in the nation as junior champions at the 29th annual International Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC), a week-long shooting and outdoors skills competition held in late July in Mansfield, Pa. […]
Featured
Ehrler, Thrift separated by three ounces atop FLW leaderboard
On Saturday’s third day of the FLW’s Forrest Wood Cup championship tournament on Lake Murray, the cream rose to the top. Past champion Brent Ehrlers of Redlands, Calif., and past FLW Angler of the Year Brian Thrift of Shelby, N.C., hold the top two spots, separated by just three ounces, and two South Carolina pros are in the top five. […]
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Jarabeck replaces his uncle atop FLW leaderboard
Atop the leaderboard at the FLW Forrest Wood Cup championship, the hometown and the family didn’t change — just the name. Philip Jarabeck of Lynchburg, Va., caught the biggest stringer of the second day and replaced his uncle, David Dudley — also of Lynchburg — in first place. […]
Featured
Virginia pro Dudley takes FLW Forrest Wood Cup lead on Murray
David Dudley of Lynchburg, Va., has the reputation of always being a contender in tournaments where fishing is expected to be tough. […]
Deer Hunting
A deer hunter’s gear checklist
That long-awaited and glad moment, opening day, has finally arrived. You rise early, stoke the inner fires with coffee and sausage biscuits, and set out for what you hope will be a glorious first morning. […]
Deer Hunting
Scouting pointers
Sensible scouting involves doing far more than merely making an effort to determine places deer are “using,” whether there’s a big buck prowling the land you hunt, or the times whitetails are coming to a food plot or any legally spread food. […]
Deer Hunting
Deer harvest on Wildlife Management Areas
According to biologist Charles Ruth of the S.C. Department of Natural resources, South Carolina has plenty of public hunting land, and hunters statewide make good use of those opportunities. […]